So I had a vision that I could build a server in the following setup, using the free Vsphere hyper-visor.
(2 Drives) RAID 1 - Windows 8 w/ the Vsphere installed on same drives
1 Drive - No RAID - Virtual Machine Files
1 Drive - No RAID - Data
I anticipated the management piece being done on the Windows 8 side and wanted to keep virtual machine files on one drive, and data on a different one. Seemed fairly smart. I'm clearly not a user of VMWare (yet), but am trying to get acclimated to it. I've been using Hyper-V for awhile, and am just wanting to expand my knowledge. When I install Vsphere it creates the the hypervisor and boots fine, shows me the management network to get to it, but if that is all I put on those two drives in the RAID 1, it seems like a large waste of space....
What am I missing? Can I have Windows 8 and vSphere on the same RAID1 drives?
One day I will look back and laugh at this post...maybe even as soon as next week.